A 2 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A40. Released March 2002. It’s rare if not extinct to see a Manual option and CF card in an entry level point and shoot camera now.

The Photos

The metadata shows these first few shots were taken July 23rd, 2007. This is about 5 years after the manufacture of the camera. If our photographer bought it new then he’s had it for quite sometime. Looking at the camera, it was well maintained. The image count starts in the 300’s.

Next shot we see a hotel room, and what seems to be a self portrait. I adjusted the image a bit so we can see the gentleman a little easier.

These next two shots could be his son. I see a resemblance. Which would make the kid likely a grandchild.

Update: Thanks to Robbie and Linda for letting me know this is Montreal, and it’s the NASCAR Busch Series race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

These look like the racing event takes place somewhere in the US, but I can’t be sure. I don’t know much about racing and the “dome” off in the distance doesn’t look familiar to me. These photos were taken August 4th, 2007, according to the metadata.

Update: Thanks to Robbie to informed me that car #29 belongs to Kevin Harvik, who won the race that day

The next set doesn’t give too many clues. About 30 photos were deleted in between August 4th and August 11th. I thought maybe to make room, as space is limited. These were taken in August and November of 2007. I think at the point the dates must be somewhat accurate because if you look, the dogs fur is much longer in the November shots than August.

The last two photos look like misfires, and were both shot February 22nd 2012. one could be a coin but it’s out of focus, the other is basically white. Another 10 photos are missing.

I took this last photo below to check to make sure the metadata is correct, and also to see if it actually still takes pictures and everything checks out. The memory card is full now so that explains the files being deleted. The metadata was spot on minus one hour, and that could be a time zone issue depending where this person lived.

(THIS CAMERA WAS FOUND DURING FILMING OF A CTV SPECIAL ON MYSTERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STORY)

The Camera
Canon Powershot A60. A point and shoot camera released in 2003. Featured a whopping 2 Megapixels and 3x Optical Zoom.

The Film
SanDisk 256MB Compact Flash Card. Again, state of the art at the time, but now a days you wont see them sold under 16GB!

The Images
If the meta data is correct, these images were taken between 2007 and 2010.

2007
There are 103 photos taken at a car show on February 25th. I only included some creative highlights, as well as some faces. Alberta licence plates and towns clearly visible on cars and advertising. If it’s Calgary, it’s likely at the Stampede grounds.

The next day our photographer took a video of a funny Tylenol commercial off their TV screen….

There’s a few photos of what couple be the photographer’s backyard, and car taken in March 2007. Alberta licence plates are shown. The area looks distinctively NorthWest Calgary, or a town like Canmore or Banff, Alberta. If the car show images weren’t enough to tell you this individual loved cars, then take note at this spotless beauty. paint job is great, and looks newly washed even though it’s winter.

In August our unknown photographer saw fit to capture images of this rare animal….The Walkable TabbyCat!

October photos show two men and a young boy at a kitchen table. The man in the blue and white shirt is my best guess as photographer.

2008There’s a smattering of photos and video taken throughout the year. A total of 23. A few nice cars, with people posing in front, and the front of what’s likely their house during Christmas. It’s a shaky image but you can tell they went all out on the festivities 😉 I’m more inclined to believe the meta data is correct, as the Christmas lights photo shows December 30th, at 9:51PM

The other thing that popped up in the 2008 collection is a short video of the unknown photographer’s TV set. An old show, Dotto Tech featuring info on an early Pentax DSLR. This gave me the impression he or she had high aspirations for their future shooting. “I want to record this so I can follow up on it later” is what it seemed to say to me. (I didn’t upload it due to its size.)

2009
Only 12 photos this year. I’m surprised to see almost the exact same thing. Flowers, show, a shot of the TV and a photo of a Christmas decoration taken on Xmas Day. There’s a couple older guys posing outside. One could be the photographer.

UPDATE: September 27th, 2014
Thanks to Mike Wingham for indicating these shots were taken at The Banff Gate Mountain Resort at Dead Man’s Flats. Knowing this is a hotel of sorts tell us that these people were likely visiting from somewhere else, rather than residents of the area.

The Film

First time I have come across an abandoned digital camera with an SD card still in the slot. So in this case, the “film” is a Kodak 512MB SD Card with a Digital Assurance Promise logo in the bottom left corner. These are still in stock on amazon.com for $20 each.

I like that it’s Kodak 🙂

The Camera

Again, Kodak brand Polaroid PDC 2350 point & shoot camera with an earth shattering 2 mega pixel sensor 🙂 It was released in 2003 and has some features that I admired for a camera of the time, such as limited shutter control, iso (even if it only went to 400), and the ability to take video (no audio). When I discovered it had an internal memory, I found another two images. When I played around with it a bit, the low battery indicator started to flash when I used zoom.

The Images

It’s a family gathering. Three settings: In the home, at a park, and in a restaurant. 2MP doesn’t give you any zooming capability if I want to see more detail. All these images show at 100% on my monitor. The meta data looks like it reset for these images as well. They are labeled january 1st, 2003…the same date I was given to enter as default when first plugging it with batteries.

Here’s what could be grandpa and granddaughter going over an old photo album. And no cell phone on the table 😉

Costco brand products in the typical cardboard basket.

You do get the impression of a visit. These two could be sisters. Their home and backyard looks very much like Canmore.

Hugging it out on the court

Another court shot, from the internal memory

A kid I don’t see in any other photo.

The last image. Battery could have died, seems to be the repeat story with many of these.

Even though we can’t figure the date, we can look at the time from the first to the last shot, in this case, three hours past. The camera was made in 2003 so it’s after that, but probably not very much, as we all know digital cameras are much more disposable than film ones ever were.

UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2014
“The mountain in the background is The Windtower, which is on the west end of Mount Lougheed. The picture, then, was probably taken in the condos in Dead Man’s Flats.” Thanks to Rob for that great piece of information!